Tánaiste to meet pharma reps as Government prepares for potential trade war 

Tánaiste Simon Harris has engaged directly with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and US trade representative Jamieson Greer on the pharma issue to outline Ireland's position that the treatment of pharma should lie within negotiations with the EU. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins

The Tánaiste is to meet with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry as the Government works to buttress the economy in the face of a potential EU-US trade war.

The online meeting comes amid an ongoing US investigation into the pharmaceutical sector. The Trump administration launched the Section 232 probe in April to determine which drug manufacturers are operating in countries that pose a national security threat to the US.